CBS' "60 Minutes" looks at the polio virus as a treatment for brain cancer in a Scott Pelley report this weekend.
The news magazine followed patients in treatment for 10 months in the first clinical trial at Duke University. Pelley talked to molecular...

The ratings derby in evening news turns more fascinating.
"NBC Nightly News" and substitute anchor Lester Holt won in total viewers last week, pulling in 8.518 million viewers. "ABC World News Tonight With David Muir" ranked second with 7.957 million....

In the horse race that is evening news, "ABC World News Tonight" is showing its strength against "NBC Nightly News."
In the 25-to-54 age group, which is most important to news advertisers, ABC and David Muir won last week. ABC averaged 2.033 million...

"NBC Nightly News" is hanging on to its ratings leadership without Brian Williams.
The evening news broadcast anchored by Lester Holt while Williams is suspended averaged 10.1 million viewers for the week of Feb. 16-20, according to Nielsen.
That...

Without Brian Williams, "NBC Nightly News" continues to place first in the weekly ratings.
But "ABC World News Tonight With David Muir" is coming on strong.
The NBC, ABC and the "CBS Evening News" posted impressive ratings for broadcasts that are supposed to be over the hill.
For last week, "NBC Nightly News" and substitute anchor Lester Holt averaged 9.671 million viewers. ABC and Muir drew 9.473 million. The "CBS Evening News With Scott Pelley" brought in 8.027 million.
The ABC newscast was up...

WKMG-Channel 6's Erik von Ancken says he is thrilled to be co-hosting the special "Let's Rethink Homelessness."
"It's exciting for Central Florida that for the first time we really, really have a plan that can work," von Ancken said Friday. "Business leaders, the faith community and government are all coming together with a realistic plan to attack this problem."
The program will air at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on WKMG. Jamie Seh is the other host.
The special examines how the Commission on Homelessness...

If you look closely at the desk where Scott Pelley anchors the "CBS Evening News," you can spot about a dozen small, framed photographs standing off to his right.
They depict the 13 journalists who have died in the line of duty for CBS News, going back to George Polk, who was killed during Greece's civil war in 1948. Polk has a prestigious reporting award named after him. Most of the others are not as well known, but Pelley wants them there as a reminder.
"Every night on our broadcast, somebody,...

Fox News Channel, NBC and ABC can claim wins in the latest batch of ratings.
For the February ratings period, Fox News was the most-watched channel in prime time in all of cable. Fox News' top performers were "The O'Reilly Factor" with nearly 3 million viewers and "The Kelly File" with 2.3 million.
The audiences were far bigger last week for the three evening broadcasts on ABC, CBS and NBC. They're often written off as old-fashioned telecasts, but they're still reaching substantial audiences.
"NBC...

How did "NBC Nightly News" fare without Brian Williams last week?
It depends on the context for the ratings.
The NBC newscast continued at No. 1 for the first full week without Williams, who is on a sixth-month leave without pay for lies about his Iraq reporting experiences.
"NBC Nightly News" averaged 9.430 million viewers to win the weekly ratings race. Lester Holt is subbing for Williams.
ABC's "World News Tonight With David Muir" ranked second with 9.032 million viewers. The "CBS Evening...

NBC news isn't seeing any serious collateral ratings damage from suspending anchor Brian Williams over false statements he made about his Iraq reporting.
Ratings for the week of Feb. 9 -13 showed "NBC Nightly News" - with Lester Holt sitting in the anchor chair - as the most watched evening newscast, averaging 9.4 million viewers. "ABC World News Tonight with David Muir" was second with 9 million followed by "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley" with 7.6 million.
NBC's rating is in line with with its...